Bentley University sophomore forward Andrew Gladiuk (White Rock, B.C./Nanaimo Clippers) has been named the Travel Team USA Atlantic Hockey Player of the Week, the conference announced Tuesday.

After impressive shooting propelled the Bentley University men’s basketball team to a 7-0 start, shooting woes in the last two contests have resulted in the first two losses of the campaign. Coach Jay Lawson’s Falcons will look to get back on the winning track Tuesday night when they take on Franklin Pierce up in Rindge, N.H. Game time for the team’s final Northeast-10 game before January is set for 7:30 pm.

Six times in program history, including last year, the Bentley University women’s basketball has opened the season with at least ten consecutive wins. Tuesday, the Falcons will be looking to do it for a seventh time when they travel to Rindge, N.H. to take on Franklin Pierce University in a Northeast-10 Conference contest. Tip off at the FPU Field House is 5:30 pm.

Sophomore Tim Connolly (Dorchester/Boston Latin Academy) registered a pair of second-place finishes and classmate Colton Bridge (Tolland, Conn./Tolland HS) earned his team’s only first-place performance of the meet as the Bentley University men’s swimming and diving team completed action in the Gompei Invitational at WPI Sunday.

Senior Amanda Le (Chelmsford/Chelmsford HS) and sophomore All-America diver Nicola Mancini (Falmouth, Maine/Falmouth HS) were the top performers for the Bentley University women’s swimming and diving team during the second day of the Gompei Invitational Sunday at WPI.

Sophomore Andrew Gladiuk (White Rock, B.C./Nanaimo Clippers) led the Bentley offense with five points as the Falcons defeated Robert Morris 7-2 Saturday night in Atlantic Hockey action at the JAR to complete the series sweep.

Runs of 10-2, 12-0 and 17-0 produced a 39-8 lead with six minutes still to play in the opening half and Bentley University, the number one-ranked team in the USA TODAY Sports/WBCA Division II coaches’ poll, went on to an 81-68 win over St. Michael’s College in Northeast-10 Conference women’s basketball Saturday afternoon at the Dana Center.

Bentley University graduate student Amy Varsell (Burlington, Conn./Lewis S. Mills HS) added the 3,000-meter indoor record to her collection while provisionally qualifying for the NCAA Division II Indoor Track Championships during the season-opening UMass-Boston Indoor Open Saturday at the Reggie Lewis Center.

Bentley University sophomore All-America Nicola Mancini (Falmouth, Maine/Falmouth HS) broke the school record in the three-meter diving twice while accounting for the Falcons’ only win during the opening day of the Gompei Invitational at WPI.

The trio of six-foot-seven junior James Cambronne (De Bary, Fla.), junior guard Corey Crawford II (Dover, Del.) and freshman forward Matt Bonds (Accokeek, Md.) combined for 58 points, 24 rebounds and a .656 field goal percentage as St. Michael’s College topped Bentley University, 92-82, in Northeast-10 Conference men’s basketball Saturday afternoon at the Dana Center.

The Bentley University men’s swimming and diving team had two second-place finishes and a trio of thirds Saturday during the opening day of the Gompei Invitational at WPI.

After an outstanding freshman year, Bentley University sophomore Edy-Elliott Uthman-Olukokun (West Warwick, R.I./West Warwick HS) picked up where he left off Saturday as the Falcon men’s indoor track team opened their season with the UMass-Boston Indoor Open at the Reggie Lewis Center.

Junior Alex Grieve (Calgary, Alberta/Westside Warriors) netted a hat trick to lead the Bentley University hockey team to a 4-1 win over Robert Morris in Atlantic Hockey action Friday night. Senior Brett Gensler (St. Charles, Mo./Youngstown Phantoms) also notched three assists to break the program’s Division I record for career points.

Over the first month of the season, the Bentley University Falcons and the St. Michael’s College Purple Knights have been two of the best men’s basketball teams in the Northeast-10 Conference. The two teams will square off Saturday afternoon (3:30 pm) at Bentley’s Dana Center with both looking to bounce back from a Wednesday night loss. The 7-1 Falcons, knocked from the ranks of the unbeaten a day after ascending to number 21 in the NABC Division II coaches’ poll, own the conference’s second best winning percentage (.875) while St. Michael’s dipped to 6-2 with a 99-90 road loss to Saint Anselm.

The undefeated Bentley University women’s basketball team, ranked number one in the USA TODAY Sports/WBCA Division II coaches poll, will play at home for the final time in this calendar year on Saturday with the Falcons taking on St. Michael’s College in Northeast-10 Conference action. Tip-off at the Dana Center is 1:30 pm.

Bentley University junior forward Gina Lirange (Auburn/Auburn HS) has been selected for the Synapse Sports Division II Field Hockey All-America second team, and Falcon freshman Tori Ellis (Madison, N.J./Madison HS) was picked for the organization’s Division II All-Rookie Team.

Lauren Battista (North Easton/Oliver Ames), Courtney Finn (Winthrop/Winthrop HS) and Jacqui Brugliera (Fitchburg/Wachusett Reg. HS), three of the top 20 scorers in program history, combined to score 34 of Bentley University’s first 39 points and Division II’s number one-ranked team went on to a 76-52 win over Merrimack College in Northeast-10 Conference women’s basketball Wednesday night at Hammel Court.

Bentley will take a four-game unbeaten streak (3-0-1) into this weekend’s home Atlantic Hockey series against the Robert Morris Colonials. The Falcons’ final home games of the first half of the season, the series begins Friday night at Ryan Arena in Watertown. Both games begin at 7:05 pm.

A 30-13 run over a ten-minute span in the first half and a game-ending 13-2 burst enabled Merrimack College to knock Bentley University from the ranks of the unbeaten, 83-70, in Northeast-10 Conference men’s basketball Wednesday night on Hammel Court.

Bentley University junior middle blocker Savannah Dominguez (Miami, Fla./Palmer Trinity HS) has been named to the 2013 American Volleyball Coaches Association Division II All-East Region team following her outstanding season.

Eight days after improving to 7-0 with an 89-84 come-from-behind win over Southern New Hampshire, the Bentley University men’s basketball will return to action Wednesday night as the 21st-ranked team in the latest National Association of Basketball Coaches Division II coaches’ poll.

The Bentley University women’s basketball team will put its perfect record and number one ranking in the USA TODAY Sports/WBCA Division II poll on the line Wednesday night when it returns from a week-long Thanksgiving layoff to play at Merrimack College. The Northeast-10 Conference game will tip at 5:30 pm.

Bentley University hockey players Alex Grieve (Calgary, Alberta/Westside Warriors) and Branden Komm (Williamsville, N.Y./Northfield Mount Hermon) have earned Atlantic Hockey honors for the month of November, the conference announced Tuesday. Grieve was named Player of the Month and Komm Goalie of the Month.

Following his impressive effort in an 89-84 win over Southern New Hampshire University, Bentley University sophomore forward Tyler McFarland (Rockport, Maine/ Camden Hills HS) has been named the Spalding Men’s Basketball co-Player of the Week in the Northeast-10 Conference, sharing the honor with Franklin Pierce University senior Ellis Cooper.

After posting her first career double-double, Bentley University freshman forward Jen Gemma (Milton/Fontbonne Academy) has been chosen as the Spalding Women’s Basketball Rookie of the Week in the Northeast-10 Conference.

Scott Souza, sports editor of the Waltham News Tribune, recently discussed the number one-ranked Bentley women's basketball team with Hall of Fame coach Barbara Stevens. Here is his story which appeared in the Nov. 29 edition of the News Tribune and online at www.wickedlocal.com/waltham.

A goal with 28 seconds left in regulation by Air Force’s Chad Demers saved them from getting swept by Bentley, and the two teams played to a 2-2 tie in the conclusion of their Atlantic Hockey series Saturday night.